Horseshoe.



MATHEW MAGICH, 015 DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HOBSESHOE.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented May it, 1918.

Application filed December 8, 1917. Serial No. 206,187,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHEW MAGICH, a

I subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a horseshoe possessing great strength and durability, arranged in two parts for readily assembling upon the hoof of an animal and quickly removable at will. A further object of the invention is the provision of a horseshoe adapted to 'be' quickly and readily attached in its operative position securely upon a'horses hoof without the employment of any nails or other devices entering the hoof, while calk mem:

.bers are arranged associated with the structure adapted forinaintaining the portions of the shoe properly assembled.

ith these general objects in yiew and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood the same consists in the novel combination, construction, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and then claimed.

adapted for attachment to the hoof of an annual such as a horse, the same primarily consists of an arch-shaped plate 10 of substantially the form of an ordinary horseshoe, adapted for flatly engaging the bottom of a hoof and arranged wlth suitable depending calks 11 upon itslower side. An inwardly extending and upwardly projecting flange 12 is arranged at the outer edge of the plate 10 having a removable section 13 at one side thereof provided with depending calks 11 corresponding to the calks Hjand adapted for reception within notches 34in the outer edge of the plate 10 when the section 13 is assembled upon the plate with the oblique wider end 15 of the flange section 13 arranged beneath the oblique end 16 of the main portion of the fiange 12.

,It will be seen from an examination of Fig. 1 of the'drawing that the shoe may be slidahly moved sidewise upon the hoof, not shown, with the flange 12 engaging the outer face of the hoof, while the section 13 may then be placed in position with its lower edge 17 mounted upon the outer edge of the plate 10 while said section 13 completes the formation of the flange 12 and is in contact with the hoof upon which the shoe is mounted. The calks 11- being arranged within the notches 14, screws 18 maybe inserted through openings 19 in the calks 11' and secursed within sockets 20 in the adjacent portion of the plate 10. a

By removing the screws 18, the flange section .13 may be detached from the main. section ofthe shoe, thereby permitting the shoe to be readily removed from the animals hoof. It will be seen that the complete flange 12, l3 may be firmly contacted with the hoof which is seated upon the plate 10 within the inclosure formed by the flange while the shoe may be readily mounted upon a hoof and quickly detached therefrom whenever desired. When the device is assembled, the calks 11 and 11' are uniformly arranged preventing slipping.

herein set forth, it will be understood that The pre ferred embodiment of the invention being minor chan es may be made therein without departing rom the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. A device of the class described comprising an arch-shaped plate, an upwardly and inwardly projecting flange portion carried by the outer edge .of said plate terminating a distance fronrone'endof the plate,

the said plate having notches in its. outer edge at the unflanged portion thereof, dcpendlng calks removably secured within the said notches, similar calks depending from the outer edge of said plate at the opposite side of the shoe and a curved flange section integrally mounted upon the said detachable calks seated upon the portions of said plate between the notches adapted for engaging the adjacent free edge of the said;

plate flange.

2. A device of the class described comforming a continuation of the" said plate prising an arch-shaped plate having an inflan e when the device is assembled and wardly projecting hoof engaging flange porhol -fast devices arranged throu h the said 10 tion at one side thereof and with receiving calks detachably secured to the p ate.

5 notches at its opposite side, calks arranged In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

within the said notches, a detachable flange section mounted upon said calks adapted for MATHEW MAGICH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

